After a long day of rearranging the LR, hooking up electronics, and being w/o phone/ internet service, I am back!!!! Parma - that's exactly what I envision. Since I do sweep fairly regularly I want to find a real handmade broom to keep in the corner in the kitchen. I'm sure that DS1 would call it mommy's witches broom! Martha Stewart did a segment on handmade brooms one time and I wish I'd have paid more attention. And old flooring - I think the more aged, worn and dinged up it is the better for me! Stinky - Gardener (Great name) -I've actually been buying stuff here and there and packing it away for a few yrs. now. The house that we live in is Victorian on the inside but I've known the house we are moving to for a long time and it's more in line w/ our simple comfort level. There's no way that our current bedroom style would work in the other house but I am very happy w/ it and yrs. down the road I'm sure that it too will morph into a French Country Farmhouse style. For now I just want to enjoy the finished product. Tish - that sounds perfect, European Farmhouse! I will def. have to google that term and see what pops up. I'm thinking that Shabby Chic look too but w/ way less cottage & flower prints and a lot more farm and durability! Kmcg - thank you very much for the link. Guess what I'll be doing during downtime at work today after all of my work is finished?! Polly - that sounds so pretty - hopefully you will opst some pics anyways despite living through a reno. A real nice thing about GW here is that we've seen pics of eachother's homes at their worst. One of my favorite threads was one where everybody had to go take a picture of their kitchen in the moment and post it. It was great to see kitchens in their 'disaray state' that were typically posted after having been 'staged' for their GW photo op.! I really want DR chairs w/ rush seats and a farmhouse table but DH is so attached to his grandmother's fancy set that I don't even want to suggest it. Ronbre - both of your homes sound very lovely. I can see where it would be tough to decorate in the exact same manner after such a horrible event. I'd love to see pics of the man room and your MBR. Tina - right now I have much of the hardwired stuff packed away like my chandeliers and sconces. Most of it I'd pick up at deep discounts when I worked at Bombay. Our storage rm. was laid out so poorly that items would get stuck in the most hidden spots and forgotten about until I'd rip the place apart and find things that had been there for yrs. My 2 favorite chandies were only $59. Currently I visit them in my attic and peek in the boxes and dream. I didn't want to hang them all and then have to turn around and take them down to sell this house and put all of the original stuff back up. If things pan out alright I will take pics of the LR after I have some more stuff done. I def. have to paint again. When DH moved all of the entertainment stuff I forgot that I hadn't painted behind it all. There's a big bright blue patch! I'd also like to pick up a ceiling fan and paint out the ceiling after 9 yrs. here. There are just wires hanging from the ceiling now. Someone here had recently posted a photo of their Baby Turtle walls and Limestone ceiling and it was so gorgeous so I am going to follow suit and do the same.

@nosoccermom – I love the floor seating idea in the first picture you posted. Where is that from? I am looking to do something in my kids playroom area and that looks really nice. @missymoo12…yes the pillows I was thinking were small lumbar pillows (round). I was thinking of just one on each sofa. But after seeing some of the pictures here, may add some additional ones. The fabric I saw on fabric.com and also on amazon. The curtains I am thinking of having made from Etsy where coincidentally a few sellers already have the same fabric. http://www.amazon.com/Richloom-Gallery-Ayers-Jewel-Fabric/dp/B0178AQ63Y/ref=pd_sim_sbs_201_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=61P1v6GcmAL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=0JCF5Z9XXFST4VHBN59W https://www.fabric.com/buy/0405634/richloom-r-gallery-ayers-jewel?CAWELAID=172000510000773346&cm_mmc=google--Google+Shopping--GS_fabric-_-_mkwid|sd6Ibqsjp|pcrid|46683858482|pkw||pmt||pdv|c|&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Google+Shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=sd6Ibqsjp|pcrid|46683858482|pkw||pmt||pdv|c|&gclid=CIqN1_Oi38sCFQckhgoddIsPjw https://www.etsy.com/listing/264812132/designer-richloom-r-gallery-ayers-jewel?ref=shop_home_active_3&ga_search_query=jewel https://www.etsy.com/listing/287149021/pair-of-25-wide-richloom-gallery-rod?ref=shop_home_active_1 @forri…yes I do plan to add few more things as budget allows, it definitely does look too clean and empty for nowJ. I found a natural sisal rug (12x15) with a grey border for the bottom layer rug, now I am looking for a 7x9 rug to go on top. Was trying to pick colors from the fabric, don’t think I will go with blue (I already have a lot of that color in another room), maybe green or red. Thank you to everyone else for the suggestions! Cooks.

Update! Hello! I hope everyone is safe in this crazy times that we are living. I wanted to give an update in what's been happening in our home since last year. I hate when people vanish ;) After a few months we got the permission from the city hall to open another window in the livingroom, after that we put our money and focus on the outside. We build a garage, a wall (fence) around our backyard and renovated the front of the house + we finished the gas system in the kitchen and painted the walls and ceiling of almost the whole house but then winter came and we had to stop. This went from October until March, we had to stop a few weeks here and there when it was raining but in the end was great. Quarantine came and we stopped all our plans and we just focused on being save and no spending money. In August I started again with plans for decoration, I bought the first painting for the house, we already put some instruments on the walls, we made a new island, new wood counter in the kitchen and we just finished a diy chandelier idea that I had from looking on Instagram. It's from a cork tree that a friend gave us. I will post some pictures that I have now and I promise to post more this week. I'm working a lot and have to find the time to take pretty pictures 😉 I hope I can post the pictures in this post now because this site isn't working so well with me. Take care xx The wall Counter Island

Thanks everyone for input. The mirror over sofa was hung on existing hook, if I was keeping it I would move it down some but I still feel its not a good size for that space. Theresa, I love the idea of adding a wreath to soften a mirror if I put one above sofa! The picture of my son is actually a digital painting if seen up close. I'm just worried about adding another piece of art to the room right across from it? Allison, the tree in entryway is holding spot for a lamp. I like the tree but it barely gives off any light. Its pretty tho! I have been along for a tray to put everything together but I don't know what to look for, silver? I have enough gold I think lol. Throwing out an idea, what about a mantel on the empty dining wall that is only 5 inches in depth so it doesn't take up walking space but I can add some candles, etc on top shelf?